, accompanied by two Spanish gentle- men, his fellow travelers, arrived in Lancaster from the Federal City on Friday, the 15th instant, and proceeded to Philadelphia on Monday [the 18th instant]." Public Dinner Tendered to James Buchanan on the Eve of his Departure for Europe By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE

and East King streets, and established in beautiful Wheatland a home destined to be widely known for its comfort, dignity, repose, and kindly hospitality. Mr. Buchanan, by his will dated August 21st, 1867, bequeathed the historic estate to his talented and popular niece, Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston

afternoon of Tuesday, Mr. Buchanan left Washington accom- panied by his niece Miss Harriet Lane, her friend Miss Hetty Parker, the committee and a number of distinguished gentlemen, among whom were Augustus Schell, of New York, Joseph B. Baker, John Hamilton, Jr., and Chambers McKibben, of Philadelphia

TABLET UNVEILED TO JAMES BUCHANAN By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER On Wednesday, February 7th, 1917, a bronze tablet—mounted on a piece of oak from an ancient tree that long had cast its generous shade over the spacious lawn of Wheatland,—was unveiled in the main assembly room of Masonic Hall, 13 West